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Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/komsmis

This Proto-Italic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Italic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *smey-.

Adjective

*komsmis (comparative *komsmjōs, superlative *komsmisemos)[1]

  1. courteous, kind, obliging, affable, gracious
  2. elegant, cultured

Declension

Descendants

  • Old Latin: cosmis (/⁠kosmis⁠/)

References

  1. De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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